9am briefing: Kenny Richey to face charges after hitting son with baseball bat

Mr Richey, 45, is facing two charges of assaulting his son Sean, 23, with a baseball bat and a further charge of issuing "terroristic threats" to kill the arresting officers.

He believes many Americans are "furious" that he beat the death penalty three years ago, and want to see him back behind bars.

He reportedly said: "Me and Sean had a bust-up.

"He tried to punch me and came at me with a baseball bat.

"I got the bat off him and he got a smack on the head during the struggle."

He has been released on $3,000 (1,850) police bail, intends to plead not guilty when he appears in court on 19 January.

However, he fears a maximum sentence of 14 years for assault and three years for threatening police because of his previous history.

Two face jail for child abuse

TWO Britons were starting lengthy jail sentences today after they were convicted of abusing children at the orphanage in Albania founded by

Edinburgh charity worker David Brown.

Brown, 58, of Edinburgh was jailed for 20 years in November 2008 for sexually abusing children at the home in Tirana.

Now judges in Tirana have also jailed social therapy nurse Dino Christodoulou, 45, from Blackburn, Lancashire, for 20 years and Robin Arnold, 56, a salesman from Cromer, Norfolk, for 15 years and six months.

Man injured after falling into farm machinery

A MAN was airlifted to hospital yesterday after injuring himself falling into a slurry machine.

The man had injuries to his abdomen, chest and face after the incident, which happened shortly after 3.30pm.

Paramedics arrived at Townhead Mains Farm Steading, close to Cockburnspath, about half an hour later, and called for RAF assistance to transfer the man to the ERI.